Digital Transgender Archive
Robert Bertin in drag as Clotilde Alégria, posing with a gun. Process print, 191-.
M. R. Bertin. Imitation de Clotilde Alégria
Robert Bertin was the foremost French female impersonator of the first decade of the twentieth century. He was a skilled impersonator of some of the stars of the French popular theatre. Here he imitates the Mexican circus performer Clotilde Alégria, standing in front of a painted backdrop of trees
Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
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- Identifier
- 12579s548
- Collection
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James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
- Institution
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Wellcome Library
- Date Issued
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1910 to 1919?
- Genre
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Photographs
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- Topic(s)
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Female impersonators
- Resource Type
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Still Image
- Analog Format
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1 print : process print ;
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